As the second day of the €2,680 six handed no limit hold’em of the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes has come to a conclusion, Phil Hellmuth moves closer to winning his twelfth WSOP bracelet. The second day saw a total of 80 players at the start and at the end of the day, 12 players remain. Phil Hellmuth has yet to prove that he is better than the rest by taking the lead up until he is the only one left, winning his twelfth bracelet.
Who’s Out
There were a number of big name poker players who were seen in the second day. Things however did not go all too well for them as they got eliminated much like the rest of the players. Prominent poker players were seen at the WSOP Europe day 2 including Daniel Negreany, Vanessa Selbst, Scot Siever, John Racener, and Bryn Kenney. Of course, there were players who, although got eliminated, still cashed out as they have made it into the rankings. Such players include Shawn Buchanan, Peter Jetten, Martins Adeniya, and Freddy Deeb.
Player of the Year Rankings
So far, Hellmuth is doing well. Also, in terms of the Player of the Year standings, Phil Hellmuth is on the lead, however, following him closely from behind is Player Ben Lamb, who is just 50 points behind Hellmuth. Considering Lamb is among the November Nine Set and that he will be returning to the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, Hellmuth will at least need a decent finish, or to win the event just to be sure. Lamb, on the other hand, will need to at least make it to a good rank and rack up some WSOPE points if he wants to overtake Hellmuth.
The Final Rankings
As the second day of the WSOP Europe has come to a conclusion, it was Guillaume Humbert who stepped on the role as the chip leader on to the third day, with a total of 541,000 chips. Phil Hellmuth, however, is more than 141k apart, but still has a chance of winning the event for yet another bracelet. On third place is Azusa Maeda, who plays online poker at pokerstars, with a good 295k chips for the third day. On fourth is David Benyamine with 253k chips. On fifth is Marton Czuczor with a good 210k in chip holdings. Matan Krakow sits on sixth place with a total of 20.k chips to be used for the next day, but Anton Wigg is close by with 201k chips. On eighth is Alexander Salabaschew with a pretty good 183k chips, as the ninth spot belongs to Adrien Allain until the next day with 125k. On tenth is Casey Kastle with a nice 119k chips followed by Bruno Benveniste with 102.5k chips. Lastly, we have Robert Finlay, who will be the shortstack on day 3 with 72k chips.